Remember the giant Barrel jellyfish? This weekend, the 24th to 26th August, #GBJELLYWATCH is taking place! What is the #GBJELLYWATCH you ask? The Great British Jellywatch Weekend is the largest jellyfish survey in the UK, and you can join in with the fun! The jellywatch survey will allow researchers to gain a better understanding of...Continue Reading
S4’s Outreach Fellow, Lizzie Daly, & Physicist, Dr. Kristi Praki, get their hands gooey making this super popular non-Newtonian fluid and discuss polymer science, particles and plastics! Including a super gooper bioslime recipe! Check out the video here.Continue Reading
In July S4 attended Merthyr Tydfil’s first ever Bitesize Science Festival! The event was held on 29th July at St David’s Parish Church on Merthyr’s high street. Shows, talks and hands on science fun joined the town’s annual food festival, giving the science events a tasty food theme. Joining stands from The Marine Conservation Society,...Continue Reading
“Have you ever looked at a bunch of gone off bananas and thought twice about the flies buzzing around them? Those tiny flies are Drosophila – the humble fruit fly, and they have taught scientists more about genetics than just about any other species! Join Lizzie Daly and the S4 team for a flying show...Continue Reading
Swansea University continues to enhance its reputation for reaching out into the wider community with the official launch of CoSMOS, the new College of Science Margam Outreach Space, which now occupies the second floor of the Margam Building on the Singleton Campus. The space is home to five major outreach and public engagement projects. Further...Continue Reading
The time has finally come for us to welcome our Year 7s to the launch of the S4 project’s third phase! After months of preparation we are so excited to meet the young scientists we are going to be working with for the next three years. We have tons of fun and fascinating things planned...Continue Reading
A Swansea University scheme to increase the number of students choosing triple science GCSE, has received a major grant from the Welsh Government and the European Union. The Swansea University Science for Schools Scheme (S4) is launching its next phase under the Trio Sci Cymru consortium, an £8.2-million pan-Wales science education partnership between Swansea, Cardiff,...Continue Reading
